Raiffeisen Bank International AG Reduces Position in Oracle Corporation $ORCL

Raiffeisen Bank International AG decreased its holdings in shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) by 29.0% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 99,558 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock after selling 40,756 shares during the quarter. Raiffeisen Bank International AG’s holdings in Oracle were worth $14,710,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of ORCL. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. bought a new position in shares of Oracle during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $625,454,000. Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A. raised its stake in Oracle by 8.7% during the 2nd quarter. Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A. now owns 79,008 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $11,579,000 after acquiring an additional 6,296 shares during the period. New Mexico Educational Retirement Board lifted its holdings in Oracle by 4.2% during the fourth quarter. New Mexico Educational Retirement Board now owns 76,590 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock valued at $14,928,000 after purchasing an additional 3,100 shares in the last quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Oracle by 4.6% in the second quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC now owns 80,686 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $11,825,000 after purchasing an additional 3,584 shares during the period. Finally, Axxcess Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Oracle by 870.0% in the fourth quarter. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC now owns 671,452 shares of the enterprise software provider’s stock worth $128,012,000 after purchasing an additional 602,230 shares during the period. 42.44% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Oracle

In related news, Vice Chairman Jeffrey Henley sold 400,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.16, for a total value of $63,664,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 400,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $63,664,000. This trade represents a 50.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Corporate insiders own 40.90% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently commented on ORCL. Evercore restated an “outperform” rating and set a $245.00 price objective on shares of Oracle in a research report on Monday, June 8th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $284.00 target price on shares of Oracle in a report on Thursday, June 11th. DA Davidson increased their price target on Oracle from $200.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. BMO Capital Markets raised their price target on Oracle from $200.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Guggenheim restated a “buy” rating on shares of Oracle in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $261.61.

Key Headlines Impacting Oracle

Here are the key news stories impacting Oracle this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts see substantial upside: Jefferies maintained a Buy rating and set a $290 price target, while other analysts remain optimistic that Oracle’s AI-cloud growth can offset concerns about elevated spending and leverage. Bernstein also expects a potential recovery toward the company’s prior high. Oracle Stock Could Be Software’s Next Big Winner
• Positive Sentiment: Lower interest rates could provide outsized relief: Oracle has taken on tens of billions of dollars in debt to finance AI data-center construction. A lower-rate environment could reduce financing costs and improve the economics of its capital-intensive expansion. Why Is Oracle Stock Up Today?
• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure demand remains strong: Oracle is expanding its multi-year relationship with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to deploy Juniper networking equipment across global AI data centers. The arrangement supports Oracle’s planned infrastructure buildout and could improve visibility into future capacity expansion. HPE and Oracle Deepen Networking Collaboration
• Neutral Sentiment: Upcoming earnings are the next major test: Investors will look for evidence that Oracle’s large cloud backlog is converting into revenue, along with updates on capital expenditures, debt and AI-cloud margins. The company’s latest reported quarter exceeded EPS and revenue estimates, but the market now expects execution against significantly higher AI-related expectations. Oracle Sets Earnings Date
• Negative Sentiment: Debt and spending remain key risks: Oracle’s heavy AI-data-center investment has contributed to rising leverage and negative free cash flow concerns. Analysts have lowered some price targets, including TD Cowen’s reduction to $240, while investors remain cautious about whether future cloud growth will justify the spending. TD Cowen Lowers Oracle Price Target

Oracle Stock Up 6.0%

Shares of ORCL stock opened at $154.50 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $139.54 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $160.32. Oracle Corporation has a 52 week low of $114.50 and a 52 week high of $345.72. The stock has a market cap of $445.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.50, a PEG ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.74. The company has a quick ratio of 1.12, a current ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.21.

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June 10th. The enterprise software provider reported $2.11 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.96 by $0.15. Oracle had a return on equity of 58.62% and a net margin of 25.37%.The firm had revenue of $19.18 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.10 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.70 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 20.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Oracle has set its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS and its FY 2027 guidance at 8.050-8.050 EPS. Analysts predict that Oracle Corporation will post 6.49 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Oracle Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 10th were given a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, July 10th. Oracle’s dividend payout ratio is currently 34.31%.

Oracle Company Profile

Oracle Corporation is a multinational technology company that develops and sells database software, cloud engineered systems, enterprise software applications and related services. The company is widely known for its flagship Oracle Database and a portfolio of enterprise-grade software products that support data management, application development, analytics and middleware. Over recent years Oracle has expanded its focus to include cloud infrastructure and cloud applications, positioning itself as a provider of both platform and software-as-a-service solutions for large organizations.

Oracle’s product and service offerings include Oracle Database and the Autonomous Database, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), enterprise resource planning (ERP), human capital management (HCM) and supply chain management (SCM) cloud applications (often grouped under Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications), middleware such as WebLogic, and developer technologies including Java and MySQL.